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naked_draughtsman
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Last night while out for a ride I noticed a regular bump bump bump as I was
riding along. I assumed that the wheel had gone out a true as I'd been
tinkering with it last weekend, although it had been perfect until
yesterday.
I've had a good look at it today and the wheel itself is truer than it's
ever been (it moves vertically by about 1mm at most and a bit less from side
to side) but there is a distinct flat spot in the tyre. To confirm, I
turned the tyre 90 degrees and the flat spot was 90 degrees away from where
I'd marked the previous flat spot on the rim. The tyre has a mould mark
which is roughly 5mm from the edge and is constant all the way round, but
when on the wheel it disappears under the rim at the flat spot.
The tyre is only a few weeks old, has only done 100 miles or so and the last
pair of the same type lasted about 2 years with no problems. Have I bought
a duff one? They came from Wiggle (as a pair, on special offer) - are
Wiggle any good for accepting returns? I'm not too keen on having to post 2
bike tyres back to them.
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riding along. I assumed that the wheel had gone out a true as I'd been
tinkering with it last weekend, although it had been perfect until
yesterday.
I've had a good look at it today and the wheel itself is truer than it's
ever been (it moves vertically by about 1mm at most and a bit less from side
to side) but there is a distinct flat spot in the tyre. To confirm, I
turned the tyre 90 degrees and the flat spot was 90 degrees away from where
I'd marked the previous flat spot on the rim. The tyre has a mould mark
which is roughly 5mm from the edge and is constant all the way round, but
when on the wheel it disappears under the rim at the flat spot.
The tyre is only a few weeks old, has only done 100 miles or so and the last
pair of the same type lasted about 2 years with no problems. Have I bought
a duff one? They came from Wiggle (as a pair, on special offer) - are
Wiggle any good for accepting returns? I'm not too keen on having to post 2
bike tyres back to them.
--
peter
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